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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—HAITI.)
Toussaint l’Ouverture, Chef des
Noires Insurges de Saint Domingue.
Hand-colored engraving 12
3
/
4
x 8
3
/
4
inches; mat-
ted and framed.
Paris: Chez Jean, circa 1800
[1,500/2,500]
A rare and striking depiction of the Haitian general, and leader of the Haitian revolution. The usual one,
seen in many book references shows, the Delpeche portrait commissioned by William C. Nell of Boston.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) DALLAS, R.C.
The History of the Maroons.
From Their Origin to the Establishment of their Chief Tribe at Sierra Leone:
including the Expedition to Cuba . . . and the State of the Island of Jamaica.
Frontispiece in volume I, large folding map in each volume. Both volumes rebound in
brown cloth with red morocco labels; pages toned; a couple of early institutional stamps.
London, 1803
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION OF THIS HISTORY OF THE SO
-
CALLED
“
MAROONS
,”
a corruption of the Spanish
word “Cimarron,” meaning savage or wild. The Maroons and their counterpart the Cimarrones in
Cuba were runaways who made their way to the interior of the islands of Cuba and Jamaica, setting
up entire self-sufficient communities. In the case of Jamaica, quite successfully, forcing the British to
negotiate treaties with them.
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